. The Street railway journal . TYPICAL BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY CROSSING 288 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 8. track is fenced on both sides with American Steel & Wirefencing, and there are cattle guards at all crossings. A privatenight of way, 60 ft. wide, has been secured, and surveys made toextend the road to West Union, the seat of Adams County,which at present has no railroad facilities of any kind. Thiswill add 25 miles to the main line, giving the system a totalof 72 miles, including 8 miles of siding. This extension willbe bult this year, and it is quite probable that in another year
. The Street railway journal . TYPICAL BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY CROSSING 288 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 8. track is fenced on both sides with American Steel & Wirefencing, and there are cattle guards at all crossings. A privatenight of way, 60 ft. wide, has been secured, and surveys made toextend the road to West Union, the seat of Adams County,which at present has no railroad facilities of any kind. Thiswill add 25 miles to the main line, giving the system a totalof 72 miles, including 8 miles of siding. This extension willbe bult this year, and it is quite probable that in another yearthe line may be extended to Portsmouth. The maximum gradeon the extension will be i per cent. The average grade on thepresent line is less than i per cent, although there are severalrather severe grades for short distances. The accompanying. STEEL ISRiUGE AT JUNCTION OF TWO DIVISIONS, SHOWING COMPLTt ATK )NS OF THREE GAGES he spent his early years and the tannery where he worked untilhe went to West Point, are pointed out to every visitor. It is a noteworthy fact that while the greater number of Ohiotowns have shown steady gains in population this territorystood still for a score of years. Within the last three or fouryears, however, the country seems to have taken on new remarkable growth of Cincinnati and nearby cities, theincreased demand for food products, the advent of the tele-phone, and now the marked improvement in the railroad facili-ties seem to be changing the entire aspect of this territory. Asample of the primitive life which is fast being superseded isshown in the cut of a squatters home. A man, his wife, tenchildren and several dogs occupy this resi-dence. The company desired to build a newbridge on a line with the house, but the occu-pants declined to vacate, so the company de-cided to build its t
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